Man attacked for passing slow car

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Jan 18, 2013 at 12:01 AM

STOCKTON - A 32-year-old man driving west on Benjamin Holt Drive at Herndon Place about 5 p.m. Wednesday went to pass another car being driven slowly, police reported, but when he tried to pass, the other car sped up and swerved toward the man, nearly colliding with him.

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STOCKTON - A 32-year-old man driving west on Benjamin Holt Drive at Herndon Place about 5 p.m. Wednesday went to pass another car being driven slowly, police reported, but when he tried to pass, the other car sped up and swerved toward the man, nearly colliding with him.

Both cars were then stopped at a red light, and man who swerved punched out the passenger side window of the victim's car, then drove away.

The suspect vehicle was found in the 6800 block of Stonewall Court next to a stolen U-Haul trailer. The assailant was not found.